Alkmene

Goût

Sensibilité et résistance

Origine

Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg × Cox's Orange Pippin

Obtenteur

Institut Müncheberg

Pollinisation

autostérile (a besoin d'une variété pollinisatrice)

Variétés pollinisatrices

Cox Orange, Discovery, Elstar, Jonathan

Poids du fruit

127,6 g

En tiers de mois (début / milieu / fin) pour l'hémisphère nord en climat tempéré ; l'altitude et l'année les décalent.

Fruit

Attractive, at most medium-sized dessert apple with fine Cox-like aroma; rated 1-2. First-class in good sun and reputedly well tolerated by allergy sufferers. Fruit holds firmly; selective picking increases size and weight.

Croissance

Medium vigour at first, weak later. Upright, rather small crown with horizontal branches that become dense; fruits mainly on terminal spurs. Wind-firm.

Rendement

Early into bearing, regular but with frequent blossom and June drop; crop weak to medium, at times over-heavy. Ripening spreads over up to 6 weeks.

Remarques

Ideal for home and small gardens as bush/half-standard and a good pollinator. Less suited as a standard tree in orchards, and only with regular pruning. Ripe fruit stays on the tree. Recommended by the NRW orchard-protection committee. Neglecting pruning leads to early exhaustion.

Entretien

Shorten main branches yearly to encourage wood shoots; thin regularly and rejuvenate fruit wood every few years. Pick over several times at 8-10 day intervals by fruit size. Cut Monilia-affected shoots back ~20 cm into healthy wood in warm bloom weather.